loveless

Example Sentences

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What used to be an alliance of kindred souls is viewed by both sides today as a marriage of convenience, loveless and lacking basic trust.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

How does Frank transform what seems to be a largely loveless relationship with Spurs fans?

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

Celebrities have remained in loveless, business-driven marriages since the concept of royalty was invented.

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2023

That he left Stratford-upon-Avon to begin his theatrical career after the birth of Hamnet and his twin sister, Judith, a few years later has added fuel to speculation that the Shakespeares had a loveless marriage.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2023

I can only suspect that the lonely man peoples his driving dreams with friends, that the loveless man surrounds himself with lovely loving women, and that children climb through the dreaming of the childless driver.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck